Moorland Change Map: Sentinel-2 Derived Land Cover Change in England

England's uplands are monitored for land cover change using Sentinel-2 satellite data. Natural England produces this vector dataset, which detects change during the moorland burning season from October to April. Validation results showing accuracy are provided in an associated Excel spreadsheet.

Use Cases

• Monitoring moorland burning activity based on seasonal satellite imagery.
• Validating land management policies based on annual change detection results.
• Assessing environmental impact based on earth observation-derived change data.

Strengths

• Derived from Sentinel-2 satellite data, a consistent earth observation source.
• Includes annual validation results showing accuracy metrics.
• Focuses on a specific seasonal monitoring period (Oct-Apr).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to uk_data.

Provenance

Source

Natural England

Collection Method

Earth observation derived product using Sentinel-2 satellites.

Time Range

Monitoring period approximately October to April annually.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 15:56:05.993545; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England